... funny you mention that "vehicle" ...
When I mentioned it I wasn't thinking of it as a "vehicle", it's hard to know what to describe it as.
... yesterday, here in South Calif, I actually saw one commuting yesterday morning.... I could not believe my eyes (under its own power even). I was further astonished when the car came upon a stoplight and BOTH brake lights came on ...
It's obviously been upgraded and no longer features any stuff from the Prince Of Darkness, that said I'm still surprised it was under its own power. You were't on a down hill slope were you?
... not as outrageous as the Countach, the Jarama. Introduced in 1970 as the replacement for the quietly overshadowed Islero 2+2, the Jarama was supposed to be an ultra high performance 2+2 GT car, but high curb weight, poor interior design and questionable styling were its faults. I think it's angular, wedgy styling is actually pretty cool...
I'm not sure of the elevated view towards the front but from pretty much any other angle it's a cool looking car.
The Urraco's quite interesting too, in relation to the Countach it's as if they tried a few ideas out in '72 and having waited to check no one got sacked came up with something even more outrageous in '73. For a specialist and relatively small company they were fairly busy in the early 70s.
... I learned to appreciate the angular/wedge designs of that era ... cars allways had fluid, round shapes, and then suddenly things got edgy, square and pointy ... My favourite: Maserati boomerang (check out the dashboard!) ...
That dash is mad but you say you got to appreciate the angular designs of that period yet you post a picture of something round? If you want radical leading edge 70s design and like angular then you need the Allegro and the amazing square wheel.
... I could not believe my luck when I found these FPS wheels in Porsche pattern ...
Good find, please call if you find some more!
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